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The rally of java generosity began on Wednesday morning at a Starbucks in Florida, when one
patron offered to buy an iced triple grande latte for the next customer in the drive-through line.
Then the next wanted to pay it forward. And the next. The apparently spontaneous chain of kindness
continued for about 11 hours, a store manager said, totaling 457 transactions by the time it ended
about 6 p.m., with nearly everyone paying for someone else’s drinks.

Appalachian Trail no place for drones, new rule says

The National Park Service has banned drones from flying over the Appalachian Trail. The rule
prohibits launching, landing or operating unmanned aircraft from or on Appalachian National Scenic
Trail lands. The trail goes through parts of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee and Georgia.

Auction features items used by former presidents

A Rolex watch that belonged to Dwight D. Eisenhower and a cane used by Franklin D. Roosevelt are
among hundreds of U.S. presidential artifacts to be auctioned off in Boston. The 420 items, which
also include a pair of Abraham Lincoln’s eyeglasses, will go on sale at an auction at Boston’s Omni
Parker House hotel on Sept. 17-18, said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR Auction.
The artifacts come from the collection of Raleigh DeGeer Amyx, a former messenger for FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover.